With his personal fortune fast approaching £100million, and salary and endorsements of £35m per year, perhaps Lewis Hamilton could devote a little time to thinking about subsidising Silverstone.

Bosses at Northamptonshire’s iconic track gave notice last week of their intention to terminate their contract seven years early after the 2019 race because they could no longer make money from it.

But after storming to his fourth consecutive win - and fifth overall - on this course of blistering times and famous corners, the racer who was born 50 miles east of here should do all he can to ensure Formula 1 comes back at least for the rest of his career.

Hamilton led from the off (Image: REUTERS/Andrew Boyers)

Make no mistake, as much as British fans love Hamilton fighting his way round Woodcote, Becketts, Chapel and Stowe, the 32-year-old three-time world champion enjoys being on this track even more.

Five times he has started from pole position. Five times he has taken the chequered flag. And at this rate, who would bet on that being the end of his run at Silverstone.

F1, under the new and adventurous direction of Chase Carey, is making amorous advances to the public in a bid to revive the sport’s flagging fortunes.

A view of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone (Image: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Hamilton claimed he skipped the outing for a two-day holiday in Mykonos as he needed to reset his focus for the weekend but perhaps there was just a hint of his not wanting to betray his professional mistress, the 3.66miles of tarmac that he has courted and romanced without challenge since 2014.

As he climbed over a 12-feet fence on the pit straight and crowd-surfed with his adoring fan base, Hamilton truly looked at home.

He said: “That’s a feeling I can’t really describe. It feels amazing to be up here. I’m so proud to see these great flags everywhere.

“The support this weekend has been immense. I’m really proud I could do this for you all.

Hamilton (Image: PA)

“The team were faultless this weekend, Valtteri did an incredible job as well so it’s the perfect weekend for us. There’s a long, long way to go in the championship.”

To raise his mood even more, both Ferraris blew a tyre in the closing stages, forcing Sebastian Vettel into an emergency pit stop, dropping him from fourth to seventh, meaning his 20-point lead over Hamilton at the start of the race was slashed to just one.

Hamilton also completed the perfect weekend with the fifth Grand Chelem - pole position, faster race lap and leading for every lap of the race - of his career.

That put him joint second with Michael Schumacher and Alberto Ascari, three behind all-time leader Jim Clark.

Max Verstappen (Image: Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Hamilton was in cruise control but Max Verstappen was left fending off the challenge of Vettel for third. On lap 13, the two came within inches of a collision as Vettel attempted to pass Verstappen through Stowe and then Club, but the Dutchman held firm.

"He wants to play bumper cars," Verstappen said over the team radio. Vettel wagged his hand at the teenager, but said nothing over the radio.